If I were to order this say, tomorrow, Monday 11/8/10, when would I expect it to arrive in FL? My gf gets really pissed when she sees expensive packages show up at the door, and shes going out of town around Thanksgiving, so I want to try and time it to show up around then. lol.

Typically if one orders before ~ 11am pacific time (Mon-Fri), then the order will ship out the same day. Shipping should take no more than 4-5 business days to the east coast. So if the unit is shipped out Monday, it should arrive either Friday or Monday for the first delivery attempt.

Seems like a bad marketing move though. I think this sub will cannibalize ULS sales, unless its planned to go away anyway.

Curtis, the website says "Intro Pricing".

Looks to be very well finished compared to some other new subs in its price range. Good timing to get back into HO ported design. Current fashion seems to be sealed.

Go So Cal!

The sub looks much better in person, so sorry that we were not able to take great photos

The ULS-15 is meant for those who want very deep and clean bass from a small enclosure, and value features such as wireless.

The website says intro pricing, but we will try to hold to this price point as long as we can. We may increase pricing at some point, but not anytime soon.

We tried to make this design as flexible as possible. The two Sealed modes (Sealed Max Extension Mode and Sealed Max Headroom Mode) work very well on this subwoofer, with both music and movies. We'll see what customers have to say about it, but I'm sure they will like it.

The reason i ask if i am going to be using my bonus to pay for the sub, probably around the middle of december, if this sub is still at this price. Otherwise i'll probably have to revert back to my original goal which was an eD A5-350.

If this is an introductory price can you confirm whether or not it will last until at least end of december?

Hey Hrimnir, I'm just guessing but it sounds like they are trying to hold some flexibility on pricing. If demand gets high enough, I think they want the option of raising prices if they start getting hammered on backorders, and who could blame them. Once word about how powerful something this inexpensive gets out, I think this will be a really hot subwoofer. Also, I don't know the output capability of the A5-350, but I doubt it could get anywhere near the performance measurements posted by Hsu.

Congrats to HSU for bringing out a great looking ported sub at a time when almost everyone else is following the sealed sub pack. I have no doubt it is a terrific performer. It looks to compete very favorably with the 13Ultra at a considerably lower price. It almost makes me want to buy something that I really do not need!

Congrats to HSU for bringing out a great looking ported sub at a time when almost everyone else is following the sealed sub pack.

Agreed. I find the lack of monster ported subs on the market disconcerting. There is a place for sealed subs. But a part of me always craves a monster ported sub for HT. Ported subs and downfiring subs seem to be out of favor at this time. Not sure why.

Pete - Tweak City says that they use sine waves for output testing and HSU uses short bursts?

Tweak City using sine waves, not short term bursts. Tweak City measured the CS-18.2 doing 107 dB on a sine wave at 20 Hz, 2 meters outdoors. It was 85 degrees out, and the sinewave was held for about 20 seconds.

How does this output measurement compare to the VTF-15H output using your method of measurement.

Pete - Tweak City says that they use sine waves for output testing and HSU uses short bursts?

Tweak City using sine waves, not short term bursts. Tweak City measured the CS-18.2 doing 107 dB on a sine wave at 20 Hz, 2 meters outdoors. It was 85 degrees out, and the sinewave was held for about 20 seconds.

How does this output measurement compare to the VTF-15H output using your method of measurement.

Regardless of the Hsu answer, the 18.2 is sealed and 2M GP is equivalent to ~ 113db output at 20hz @ 1 meter. Ported at/around tuning should have an advantage. It's apples to oranges.

I don't lurk as much as I used to and I NEVER listen. Comes from being old and cynical.

Pete - Tweak City says that they use sine waves for output testing and HSU uses short bursts?

Tweak City using sine waves, not short term bursts. Tweak City measured the CS-18.2 doing 107 dB on a sine wave at 20 Hz, 2 meters outdoors. It was 85 degrees out, and the sinewave was held for about 20 seconds.

How does this output measurement compare to the VTF-15H output using your method of measurement.

What is good about using CEA2010 is that it is a standardized method, which makes comparing to Illka's list easier. There are still variations, but not as much as a non-standardized method.

It would be better to ask Tweak City what the 18.2 can do in the CEA2010 standard, then the sub can be reasonably compared to the subs in the list posted earlier in the thread.

Seems like a bad marketing move though. I think this sub will cannibalize ULS sales, unless its planned to go away anyway.

Not a bad marketing move if they market it correctly. Will be interesting to see how they adjust their "room size" equation. It's long been known that a smaller sealed sub is suited for smaller rooms, but they've always listed the ULS-15 as "Loudness level 4 - Huge rooms" even though this simply couldn't be true without significant boundary/room gain (which you won't get as much of in a "huge" room!).